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Top government officials in Nashville lit menorahs with Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel of Chabad of Nashville this Hanukkah, beginning with Mayor Karl Dean last week and then, on Tuesday, Gov. Bill Haslam.

This year saw the unusual convergence of Thanksgiving and the second day of Hanukkah, thanks to a particularly late date for the national holiday and early date for the Jewish Festival of Lights. The latter marks the rededication of the Temple in ancient Jerusalem, but in a broader sense, the universal message that light will prevail over darkness, Tiechtel said.